As we made our delayed departure from Honolulu, we expected to hit some big waves, and maybe do a little cruise ship surfing. However, we encountered nothing but smooth waters on our 6 day crossing to San Diego. The last few days on ship were filled with final papers and exams (for the students) and…
Category: 2009
Coming to America – kind of – Hawaii!
During our uneventful 10 day crossing from Japan, we re-entered tropical waters on our way to Hawaii. The warmer temperatures allowed the boys to burn off some energy on the ball court and get back into the ship pool again. The return of nicer weather was tempered by the knowledge that our voyage was coming…
Land of the Rising Sun
Well, we have left the final foreign port on our voyage around the world. We now have 10 days at sea to look forward to as we cross the Pacific to Hawaii. We spent our last five days in Japan, porting first in Yokohama (outside Tokyo) and then in Kobe. Jay had been looking forward…
Shanghai, China
In Shanghai, our ship was docked in the heart of the city of 12 million people. The city has grown at an amazing pace over the past 15 years and is now one of the largest in the world. We were perfectly located to watch the nightly light show displayed on the downtown buildings and…
Hong Kong
Pulling into Hong Kong harbor, we were astounded by the row upon row of tall apartment and commercial buildings. For a city of 7 million people, HK is surprisingly livable city with manageable traffic and an abundance of green space. We understand why Jay’s brother, Loron, has made it his home for the last 15…
Vietnam
After two weeks of intense traveling in India and Cambodia, we took a needed “vacation” in Vietnam and headed to a fancy resort. Reverting back to our “traveler” days, we arrived in Ho Chi Minh City with no flights or hotel reservations but some ideas that we wanted to head to a beach resort either…
Cambodia: Exploring Angkor Wat
From India, we moved on to one of our favorite countries, Cambodia. We flew to Siem Reap, home to the famous temples of Angkor Wat. We predicted that exploring these temples would be one of the highlights of our trip for the boys. When Jay and Christy had visited Siem Reap in 2000, there was…
India
India was Christy’s most memorable country when she went on Semester at Sea in 1990 and it rates highly on our current voyage. We experienced India as tourists in Agra/New Delhi, business people in Bangalore, and through the eyes of our expatriate friends in Mumbai. India is a country of 1.2 Billion people with extremes…
Mauritius – an island paradise!
Mauritius was a short stop for us, just two nights in this island paradise. We arrived at the port in the early morning and were greeted with spectacular view of this mountainous island. Mauritius, Africa’s wealthiest country on a per capita income basis, is a honeymooner’s paradise, primarily for Europeans and South Africans. The population…
South Africa — Our favorite port so far!
South Africa, with its friendly people, spectacular scenery, and comforts of home, was our favorite port so far. Luke has declared that he will live there someday and that it is better the US. Time will tell, although we would certainly be happy to visit if he decides to spend some time there. We are…